Li Guohuai

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Li Guohuai

Degree: Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Graduation school: Huazhong Agricultural University

Office: 520, North Building

He devotes himself to the cultivation and management of peach ecophysiology and cultivation. His research focuses on plant-pathogen interaction during peach fungal gummosis, and root metabolites and rhizospheric microecology associated with peach replant problem. He has hosted and participated in more than 20 scientific research projects (i.e. the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture, and Hubei Province). He has published more than 80 papers and edited 5 book chapters, bred 2 peach cultivars and authorized 5 invention patents.

[1] 1992.9-1995.6, Huazhong Agricultural University, Pomology, PhD
[2] 1986.9-1989.6, Huazhong Agricultural University, Pomology, Master
[3] 1979.9-1983.7, Huazhong Agricultural University, Pomology, Bachelor

[1] 2005.12-present, Huazhong Agricultural University, Professor
[2] 2005-2015, Dean of the Department of Pomology, Huazhong Agricultural University
[3] 2005.3-2006.2, Research Institute of Fruit Science of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Italy, Visiting scholar
[4] 1996.12-2005.12, Huazhong Agricultural University, Associate professor
[5] 1983.7-1996.12, Huazhong Agricultural University, Lecture

1 Meng J, Zhang DM, Pan JJ, Wang XK, Zeng CF, Zhu KJ, Wang F, Liu JW*, Li GH*. High-Quality Genome Sequence Resource of Lasiodiplodia theobromae JMB122, a Fungal Pathogen Causing Peach Gummosis. Molecular plant-microbe interactions, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-01-22-0013-A.
2 Zhang DM, Shen XY, Zhang H, Huang X, He HZ, Ye JL, Cardinale F, Liu JH, Li GH*, Liu JW*. Integrated transcriptomic and metabolic analyses reveal that ethylene enhances peach susceptibility to Lasiodiplodia theobromae-induced gummosis. Horticulture Research, 2022, 9: uhab019.
3 Shen WQ, Zeng CF, Zhang H, Zhu KJ, He H, Zhu W, He HZ, Li GH*, Liu JW*. Integrative physiological, transcriptional, and metabolic analyses provide insights into response mechanisms of Prunus persica to autotoxicity stress. Frontiers in plant science, 2021, 12: 3030.
4 Shen WQ, Liu D, Zhang H, Zhu W, He HZ, Li GH*, Liu JW*. Overexpression of β-cyanoalanine synthase of Prunus persica increases salt tolerance by modulating ROS metabolism and ion homeostasis. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2021, 186: 104431.
5 He H, Zhang SY, Shen WQ, Zhu W, Noor I, Liu JW*, Li GH*. Benzoic acid plays a part in rhizosphere microbial composition of peach seedlings grown in replanted soil. Rhizosphere, 2021, 19: 100364.
6 Zhang H, Shen WQ, Zhang DM, Shen XY, Wang F, Haiang T, Liu JW*, Li GH*. The bZIP transcription factor LtAP1 modulates oxidative stress tolerance and virulence in the peach gummosis fungus Lasiodiplodia theobromae. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021, 12: 2703.
7 Zhang H, Zhang DM, Wang F, Hsiang T, Liu JW*, Li GH*. Lasiodiplodia theobromae-induced alteration in ROS metabolism and its relation to gummosis development in Prunus persica. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2020, 154, 43-53.
8 Wang XB, Zeng WF, Ding YF, Wang Y, Niu L, Yao JL, Pan L, Lu ZH, Cui GC, Li GH*, Wang ZQ*. Peach ethylene response factor PpeERF2 represses the expression of ABA biosynthesis and cell wall degradation genes during fruit ripening. Plant Science, 2019, 283: 116-126.
9 Wang XB, Zeng WF, Ding YF, Wang Y, Niu L, Yao JL, Pan L, Lu ZH, Cui GC, Li GH*, Wang ZQ*. PpERF3 positively regulates ABA biosynthesis by activating PpNCED2/3 transcription during fruit ripening in peach. Horticulture Research, 2019, 6: 19.
10 He H, Zhu W, Noor I, Liu JW*, Li GH*. Pseudomonas putida WH-B3 degrades benzoic acid and alleviates its autotoxicity to peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) seedlings grown in replanted soil. Scientia Horticulturae, 2019, 255: 183-192.
11 Gao L, Zhang H, Cheng YF, Li JY, Liu JW, Li GH*. First report of Neofusicoccum parvum causing gummosis of peach trees in Hubei province, central China. Plant Disease, 2019, 103(10): 2673.
12 Ding YF, Zeng WF, Wang XB, Wang Y, Niu L, Pan L, Lu ZH, Cui GC, Li GH*, Wang ZQ*. Over-expression of peach PpIAA19 in tomato alters plant growth, parthenocarpy, and fruit shape. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2019, 38: 103-112.
13 Niu L, Pan L, Zeng WF, Lu ZH, Cui GC, Fan ML, Xu Q, Wang Q*, Li GH*. Dynamic transcriptomes of resistant and susceptible peach lines after infestation by green peach aphids (Myzus persicae Sülzer) reveal defence responses controlled by the Rm3 locus. BMC Genomics, 2018, 19: 846.
14 Li Z, Zhang H, Li GH*. Characterization of phytotoxin and secreted proteins identifies of Lasiodiplodia theobromae, causes of peach gummosis. Fungal Biology, 2019, 123: 51-58.
15 Wang YT, Lin DB, Wang XL, Zhu W, Ye JL, Li GH*, Ma ZC*, Deng XX. Data on water consumption in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice by a novel peach gum-derived polysaccharide. Data in Brief, 2017, 12: 358-360.
16 Wang YT, Lin DB, Wang XL, Zhu W, Ye JL, Li GH*, Ma ZC*, Deng XX. The impact of a novel peach gum-derived polysaccharide on postprandial blood glucose control in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 2017, 98: 379-386.
17 Zhu W, Liu JW, Ye JL, Li GH*. Effects of phytotoxic extracts from peach root bark and benzoic acid on peach seedlings growth, photosynthesis, antioxidance and ultrastructure properties. Scientia Horticulturae. 2017, 215: 49-58.
18 Gao L, Wang YT, Li Z, Zhang H, Ye JL, Li GH*. Gene expression changes during the gummosis development of peach shoots in response to Lasiodiplodia theobromae infection using RNA-Seq. Frontiers in Physiology, 2016, 7: 170.
19 Wang BQ, Liu JH, Gong XQ, Long CA, Li GH*. Characterization of the expression of the stress-responsive PpERS1 gene from peach and analysis of its promoter using transgenic tomato. Plant Biotechnology. 2016, 33 (5): 383-393.
20 Li Z, Fan YC, Gao, Cao X, Ye JL, Li GH*. The dual roles of zinc sulfate in mitigating peach gummosis. Plant Disease, 2016, 100 (2): 345-351.
21 Pan L#, Zeng WF#, Niu L, Lu ZH, Liu H, Cui GC, Zhu YQ, Chu JF, Li WP, Fang WC, Cai ZG, Li GH*, Wang ZQ*. PpYUC11, a strong candidate gene for the stony hard phenotype in peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch), participates in IAA biosynthesis during fruit ripening. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2015. 66 (22): 7031-7044 (# equally contributed).
22 Yang W, Zhao LN, Hao L, Li GH*. Evaluating the susceptibility of six peach cultivars to gummosis. Jounal of HuaZhong Agricultural University, 2015, 34(3): 13-18.
23 Li Z, Zhu W, Fan YC, Ye JL, Li GH*. Effects of pre- and post-treatment with ethephon on gum formation of peach gummosis caused by Lasiodiplodia theobromae. Plant Pathology. 2014, 63(6): 1306-1315.
24 Li Z, Gao L, Wang YT, Zhu W, Ye JL, Li GH*. Carbohydrate metabolism changes in Prunus persica gummosis infected with Lasiodiplodia theobromae. Phytopathology. 2014,104(5): 445-452.
25 Li Z, Wang YT, Gao L, Wang F, Ye JL, Li GH*. Biochemical changes and defense responses during the development of peach gummosis caused by Lasiodiplodia theobromae. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 2014, 138(1): 195-207.
26 Wang F, Huang JB, Li GH*. Occurrence and progress on fruit tree disease caused by Botryosphaeria spp. Plant protection, 2013, 39(6): 7-13.
27 Wang F, Zhao LN, Li GH *, Huang JB, Hsiang T. Identification and characterization of Botryosphaeria spp. Causing gummosis of peach trees in Hubei province, central China. Plant Disease. 2011, 95(11): 1378-1384.